Bed-spring cover.



l. L. TANDY.

BED SPRING COVER.

APPLICAHON FILED 1AN.21.1915.

` L227p693, v Patnted May 29,1917.

WITNESSES: l/Vl/ENTR 5 il@ I imm@ JOHN Il. TANIDY, OF KANSAS CITY,MISSOURI.

BED-SPRING COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed January 21, 1915. Serial No. 3;552.

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Be it known that I, JOHN L. TANDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed- Spring Covers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bedding and my object is to produce a newarticle of bedding for interposition between the bed spring and themattress and bed covering for protecting the mattress and covering'fromcontact with the bed spring.

A further object is to produce an article of bedding which will preventlateral shifting movement of the mattress or bulging of the same andgive the bed when made up the finished appearance or eect of a bedequipped with a boX mattress.

Another object is to produce a protector underlying the mattress whichwill accommodate the sagging of the bed spring under the weight oftheoccupant or occupants thereof, without the possibility of being torn orinjured.

1With these general objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel and peculiar features of construction and organization ashereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fullyunderstood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which-Figure 1, is a perspective view showing a bed spring equipped with acover or protector embodying my invention, the cover being broken awayto disclose features otherwise hidden, and the mattress being indicatedby dotted lines. i

Fig. 2, is a top view of a bed spring equipped with side rails forholding the bed spring cover 4elevated adjacent the side margins of thespring in a manner indicated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a side view of a bracket shown by Fig. 2.

Fig. 4, is an enlarged cross section taken on the line IV-IV of Fig. 3,with the protecting cover in place.

Fig. 5, is a similar view with certain parts occupying a differentposition of adjustment from that shown in Fig. 4, and with the bedspring fabric resting upon spiral springs.

Fig. 6, is a fragmentary perspective view indicating a bed spring fabricequipped with a modified form of side rail and support therefor.

In the said drawing, 1 indicates one of the customary pair of side railsand 2-2 a pair of the customary sets of end brackets and 3 3 the endbars adapted to connect opposite brackets 2, these parts constituting acommon and well known form of frame for the support of any suitablebedspring fabric 4. The bed spring fabric shown is connected by helicals 5to the end bars 3 and is equipped at each side margin as usual with a-iiat marginal bar 6.

In Fig. 5, the fabric is shown as adapted for support by underlyingspiral springs 7, the fabric customarily used with springs 7 beingprovided with cylindrical bars or rods 8.

The fabric is equipped at or near its side margins with what may betermed rails 9 which rails will be of such character that they willbendto accommodate bending movement of the fabric and return to normalcondition when the fabric returns to normal condition. If the rails arein the form of wire rods they will preferably be formed with roundedends or loops 10 so as to avoid the possibility of tearing any part cfthe bedding or of injury to the hand of theperson who may make up thebed. Preferably the rails will be composed of sections 11. ln Figs. 2and 3 said sections 11 will be pivotally linkedA together as at 12 aboutmidway the length of the bed and the linking portion will preferably bethe upper end of an upwardly projecting arm of a. right angleshapedbracket 13 resting upon the fabric.

Substantially similar brackets 14 will rest upon the fabric near theends of the same and will preferably be formed with eyes 15 at theirupper ends through which the sections 11 will slidingly extend. in Figs,2 to 4 inclusive a clamp bar 16 is arranged under the horizontal arms oftho brackets 13 and 14: and at the opposite or underside of the springfabric, bolts 17 and nuts 18 eX- tend through the said superposed partsto clamp them firmly to the fabric as shown most clearly in Fig. 4, inwhich figure and Fig. 3, it will be noticed that the marginal strips orbars 6 fit flatly between the bracket and the bar.

n order to accommodate the rail supporting devices for use upon bedspring fabrics of the type shown in Fig. 5, the outer ends of the bar 16are provided with underlying inturned hooks 19, for the reception of therod 8 as indicated in Fig. 5. rihe inner end of the horizontal armofeach bracket 13 and 14 is provided with an upwardly bowed portion 2Oto facilitate the slippage thereover of a cover hereinafter mentioned,and also to guard against the latter catching 0n the inner ends of saidarms of the brackets, and to protect said cover from the inner ends ofthe bars 16 in the event that the cover sags through interstices of thebed spring fabric as will occur where the interstices are large and thebed is occupied, the inner ends of said bars are preferably upturnedslightly as at 21 under the arched ends of the overlying brackets.

In the event that the mattress is somewhat narrower than the bed springfabric provision is made for adjusting the rail support or bracketsinwardly upon the bars 16 as indicated in Fig. 5, this adjustment beingaccomplished by inserting the bolt 17 through different holes in thearms of the brackets or through both the arms of the brackets and bars16.

In Fig. 6, I show brackets made of wire as a substitute for the rodsupports described. Each of the wire brackets can be made from a singlepiece of wire bent to form a hook 22 to underlie a fiat strip 6 of thebed fabric and spring arms 23 to overlie said strip and the bed fabricand be hooked at their free ends to the latter. Intermediate the hook 22and hook arms 23, the wire is bent to form standards composed of uprightportions 24 extending upward from the outer ends of the hook arms 23,upright portions 25 extending upward from the outer end of the hook 22and eyes 26 uniting the arms 24 and 25, and to accommodate this bracketto a side rod such as shown at 8, (Fig. 5) the hook 22 can be formedwith a depending loop 27.

The linking portion between a supporting bracket of the type shown inFig. 6 and the sections 11 of the side rails 9 may be in the form of arod 28 pivotally connected at its ends to the inner ends of the sections11,

- and to make provision for fastening the cover to said brackets, theupright arms of brackets 13 and 14 and upright portions 25 of the wirebracket will be provided with holes 29.

To protect the mattress from the bed springs, I provide a cover which isplaced upon the bed spring, and adjacent the side margins ofthe latter,is looped over the rails 9 and draped at the outer sides of the bedspring, the cover preferably being of sufficient length to also drapeover the end bars 3 of thegspring frame so that it will completely: hidethe latter from view before the mattress andthe bed covers are placedupon the bed.

The bed spring cover is adapted for lateral expansion between its sidewalls or raised portions to accommodate an increase 1n the Vdistancebetween said walls due to the sagging of the spring fabric under theimpositionv of weight upon the bed and to accommodate lengthwiseexpansion of the cover, it will be so draped as to have some fullness atits ends where it extends over the end bars 3 of the bed frame.

In the preferred construction, I secure expansibility of the cover bymaking the same of two sections 30 which overlap at their inner edges.The ends of the cover which are draped over the end bars of the bedframe are identified by the characters 31 and the draped side portionsare identified by the characters, 32, the upwardly projecting sideportions, produced by looping the sections of the cover over the siderails are identified by the characters 33.

The sections of the cover where they extend upwardly against the innersides of the upwardly projecting arms of the brackets which support theside rails, are secured in fixed relation to said rail supports byrivets 34 or equivalent fastening devices, as shown clearly in Figs. 1and 4.Y

At the ends where the coversections eX- tend over the end bars 3, isindicated a fullness 35 and to hold the cover against creepage endwisebodily, each section 30 is provided with a tape as at 36 adapted to beVi drawn taut and tied together as shown` in Fig. 1.

For the purpose of keeping the cover taut transversely withoutinterfering with its expansion in one direction the inner margin of eachsection is connected by elastic strips 37 to the adjacent section. Inthe sagging of the spring under the imposition of weight thereon, by aperson lying upon the mattress, the elastic strips will stretch and whenthe weight is removed they will retract provided they are sufiicientlystrong to overcome the resistance offered by the mattress resting onthe'cover. Y

By reference to Fig. 1, it will be seen that the mattress 38, indicatedby ldotted lines, rests upon the cover between and projects a distanceabove the side walls of the cover in excess of the depth which it ispossible for it to sag, hence to a person lying or sitting upon themattress, the presence of the rails 9 and brackets 13 and 14, or thevwire brackets shown .by Fig. 6, will not be noticeable, although saidside rails and brackets in coperation with the walls of the cover willprevent the mattress working bodily sidewise on the cover or frombulging-outward beyond the sides of the spring bed.

A bed equipped with this cover provided with side walls produced asexplained or by an equivalent construction, will give the bed when madeup a :nished appearance.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a cover of the character shownand described will not only protect the mattress and guard againsttearing of the sheets and other bedding thereon, by contact with the endbars 8 but will also largely prevent the accumulation of dust upon theupper side of the spring bed fabric as well as on the end bars of thebed frame.

I claim:

1. The combination with a bed spring of a series of brackets secured tothe side portions of the spring, and rail sections above the spring andpivotally linked together at their inner ends and supported by one ofsaid brackets and slidingly carried at their outer ends by the remainingbrackets.

2. The combination with a rectangular frame, a mattress fabric stretchedover said frame and secured at its ends to the ends of said frame,central devices attached to the side margins of said mattress fabric andprojecting upwardly therefrom, devices attached to the side margins ofthe mattress fabric at opposite sides of said central devices andprojecting upwardly like the latter, rails substantially paralleling anddisposed above the side margins of the mattress fabric and secured attheir inner ends to the upwardly projecting portions of said centraldevices and fitting slidingly in the said devices disposed at oppositesides of said central devices, and a-cover spread upon the mattressfabric and looped over and draped downwardly at the outer sides of saidrails and the sides of said frame and also draped over the ends of saidframe.

3. The combination with a rectangular frame, a mattress fabric stretchedover said frame and secured at its ends to the ends of said frame,central devices attached to the side margins of said mattress fabric andprojecting upwardly therefrom, devices attached to the side margins ofthe mattress fabric at opposite sides of said central devices andprojecting upwardly like the latter, rails substantially paralleling anddisposed above the side margins of the mattress fabric and secured attheir inner ends to the upwardly projecting portions of said centraldevices and fitting slidingly in the said devices disposed at oppositesides of said central devices, a cover spread upon the mattress fabricand looped over and draped downwardly at the outer sides of said railsand the sides of said frame and also draped over the ends of said frame,and means attached to the draped portions of said cover to secure thedraped end portions of the cover against the ends of said frame.

4. The combination with a rectangular frame and a bed spring secured atits ends to the ends of said frame, of elevated side rails for said bedspring, and a cover resting upon the latter and composed of two longitudinally-extending sections overlapping at their inner margins and attheir outer margins looped over the said rails, and elastic connectionsbetween said sections to hold them in overlapped relation.

5. The combination with a bed spring of rails above the side portion ofthe springs, means for supporting' said rails at di'erent points alongthe length of the bed spring and for maintaining the rails substantiallyparallel with the said side portions of the bed spring regardless ofwhether the latter is straight or bent, means for securing the siderailsA different distances apart to accommodate mattresses of dierentwidth, and a cover resting on the bed spring and looped over and securedin fixed relation to said rails and consisting of two sections which areoverlapped at their inner edges.

6. The combination with a bed spring of rails above the side portions ofthe springs, means for supporting said rails at dierent points along thelength of the bed spring and for maintaining the rails substantiallyparallel with the said side portions of the bed spring regardless ofwhether the latter is straight or bent, means for securing the siderails different distances apart to accommodate mattresses of differentwidth, a cover resting on the bed spring and looped over and secured infixed relation to said rails, and consisting of two sections which areoverlapped at their inner edges, and elastic means tending to hold theinner edges of the sections of the cover in overlapped relation.

In testimony whereof, affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN L. TANDY.

Witnesses:

HELEN C. RODGERS, G. Y. THORPE.

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